Best Paying Jobs

The article uses information from the US Department of Education to find out what the 20 most common majors are and uses PayScale to figure out how much money a college graduate going into the profession for a range of 2-8 years. The article is valuable in that is provides some analysis on thoughts such as: is it worth it to attend an expensive college if you are going into a major that doesn't provide enough money. The highest paying job by major was a Sales Director with a Business Administration major recieving $122,000 a year. The lowest paying job by major was a Costumer Service Representative with a Political Science major recieving $29,000 a year. The statistics were interesting because I had believed that the annual pay for a lot of these jobs would be fairly higher; however, that is not generally the case.

It is pretty obvious as to why I read this news article. The article provided statistics and information about impending college majors and which ones will provide people with the most dough. The article interested me because I wanted to know how my own college major of Engineering ranked on the top paying jobs list and I also wanted to find out which major had the highest paying jobs. The article is well-written and provided actual statistics from websites such as PayScale, in order to back up the figures they had included in the article. I did enjoy reading the article because I learned about the starting salaries for certain professions and it will help me in deciding which major I will pursue.

Source: http://career-services.monster.com/yahooarticle/best-paid-jobs-by-major#WT.mc_n=yta_fpt_article_best_paying_jobs_by_major